CBS Cave Diving-110Trying to warm up! It’s a high of 47 degrees on this day. Cave divers typically use dry suits. We were not trained for that though and had to go with wetsuits. Cold. Wet. Suits.

CBS Cave Diving-113Full Face Masks. Underwater we wear OTS full face masks. They allows us to speak to each other and also record conversations underwater for our story. Without our underwater series would be quite quiet!

CBS Cave Diving-117Cave Diving Shop. Edd Sorenson started his cave diving operation as more of a hobby. He bought a home on the springs, installed a high end compressor to fill his tanks and was happy. Soon everyone started knocking on his door for air fills and cave diving insight.

CBS Cave Diving-118Lined up. The view from the back of Cave Adventurers shop. The boat can be rented out for divers to explore the wonders of Merritt’s Mill Pond.

CBS Cave Diving-120Stop Sign #45. We saw these signs everywhere.

CBS Cave Diving-122Re-enactment briefing. Edd Sorenson running our team through the rescue he did in 2012. The team would reenact it later that day.

CBS Cave Diving-123Re-enactment briefing. Edd Sorenson running our team through the rescue he did in 2012. The team would reenact it later that day.

CBS Cave Diving-125Cold! Diana Molnar (our actress!) and Director Becky Kagan Schott bundled up as temperatures slip into the 30’s. We shot the series during the coldest days of the winter in Florida.

CBS Cave Diving-126Loaded up. Just the camera gear loaded onto one of the boats.

CBS Cave Diving-127CBS4 Assistant News Director Nick Bourne spent a week field producer our series. A veteran camera man he shot some of the exceptional top side scenes.